Talking Movie Awards 2011

[Chaky]

Some more guild nominees:

The Cinema Audio Society Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for 2011

Motion Pictures:

• Hanna
• Hugo
• Moneyball
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
• Super 8

And surely most important for tfs members...

The Costume Designers Guild 2011 nominees:

Excellence in Contemporary Film

• "Bridesmaids": Leesa Evans & Christine Wada
• "The Descendants": Wendy Chuck
• "Drive": Erin Benach
• "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo": Trish Summerville
• "Melancholia": Manon Rasmussen

Excellence in Period Film

• "The Artist": Mark Bridges
• "Jane Eyre": Michael O'Connor
• "The Help": Sharen Davis
• "Hugo": Sandy Powell
• "W.E.": Arianne Phillips

Excellence in Fantasy Film

• "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2": Jany Temime
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides": Penny Rose
• "Red Riding Hood": Cindy Evans
• "Thor": Alexandra Byrne
• "X-Men: First Class": Sammy Sheldon

 

[Chaky]

The Producers Guild has spoken!

Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures
The Artist

PGA Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
The Adventures of Tintin

No surprises at this point but this points very much to who will be experiencing Oscar glory. They've matched the Best Picture winner 15 times in the last 22 years. Oscar noms are out Tuesday.

 

[Flashbang]

Glenn Close messed up the flawless Best Actress noms for the Oscar
Tildaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

[MyNameIs]

Academy Awards Nominations


Best Picture

• “The Artist” Thomas Langmann, Producer
• “The Descendants” Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
• “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” Scott Rudin, Producer
• “The Help” Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
• “Hugo” Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
• “Midnight in Paris” Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
• “Moneyball” Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
• “The Tree of Life” Nominees to be determined
• “War Horse“ Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

Directing

• “The Artist” Michel Hazanavicius
• “The Descendants” Alexander Payne
• “Hugo” Martin Scorsese
• “Midnight in Paris” Woody Allen
• “The Tree of Life” Terrence Malick

Actor in a Leading Role

• Demián Bichir in “A Better Life”
• George Clooney in “The Descendants”
• Jean Dujardin in “The Artist”
• Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
• Brad Pitt in “Moneyball”

Actress in a Leading Role

• Glenn Close in “Albert Nobbs”
• Viola Davis in “The Help”
• Rooney Mara in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
• Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady”
• Michelle Williams in “My Week with Marilyn”

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Kenneth Branagh in “My Week with Marilyn”
• Jonah Hill in “Moneyball”
• Nick Nolte in “Warrior”
• Christopher Plummer in “Beginners”
• Max von Sydow in “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Bérénice Bejo in “The Artist”
• Jessica Chastain in “The Help”
• Melissa McCarthy in “Bridesmaids”
• Janet McTeer in “Albert Nobbs”
• Octavia Spencer in “The Help”

Animated Feature Film

• “A Cat in Paris” Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
• “Chico & Rita” Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
• “Kung Fu Panda 2″ Jennifer Yuh Nelson
• “Puss in Boots” Chris Miller
• “Rango” Gore Verbinski

Art Direction

• “The Artist”
  Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2“
  Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
• “Hugo”
  Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
• “Midnight in Paris”
  Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
• “War Horse”
  Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Cinematography

• “The Artist” Guillaume Schiffman
• “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Jeff Cronenweth
• “Hugo” Robert Richardson
• “The Tree of Life” Emmanuel Lubezki
• “War Horse” Janusz Kaminski

Costume Design

• “Anonymous” Lisy Christl
• “The Artist” Mark Bridges
• “Hugo” Sandy Powell
• “Jane Eyre” Michael O’Connor
• “W.E.” Arianne Phillips

Documentary (Feature)

• “Hell and Back Again”
  Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
• “If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front”
  Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
• “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory”
  Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
• “Pina”
  Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
• “Undefeated”
  TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

Documentary (Short Subject)

• “The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement”
  Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
• “God Is the Bigger Elvis”
  Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
• “Incident in New Baghdad”
  James Spione
• “Saving Face”
  Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
• “The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom”
  Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Film Editing

• “The Artist” Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
• “The Descendants” Kevin Tent
• “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
• “Hugo” Thelma Schoonmaker
• “Moneyball” Christopher Tellefsen

Foreign Language Film

• “Bullhead” Belgium
• “Footnote” Israel
• “In Darkness” Poland
• “Monsieur Lazhar” Canada
• “A Separation” Iran

Makeup

• “Albert Nobbs”
  Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″
  Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
• “The Iron Lady”
  Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Music (Original Score)

• “The Adventures of Tintin” John Williams
• “The Artist” Ludovic Bource
• “Hugo” Howard Shore
• “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Alberto Iglesias
• “War Horse” John Williams

Music (Original Song)

• “Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets” Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
• “Real in Rio” from “Rio” Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Short Film (Animated)

• “Dimanche/Sunday” Patrick Doyon
• “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
• “La Luna” Enrico Casarosa
• “A Morning Stroll” Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
• “Wild Life” Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

Short Film (Live Action)

• “Pentecost” Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane
• “Raju” Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
• “The Shore” Terry George and Oorlagh George
• “Time Freak” Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
• “Tuba Atlantic” Hallvar Witzø

Sound Editing

• “Drive” Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
• “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Ren Klyce
• “Hugo” Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
• “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
• “War Horse” Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Sound Mixing

• “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
  David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
• “Hugo”
  Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
• “Moneyball”
  Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
• “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
  Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
• “War Horse”
  Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects

• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″
  Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
• “Hugo”
  Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
• “Real Steel”
  Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
• “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
  Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
• “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
  Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• “The Descendants” Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
• “Hugo” Screenplay by John Logan
• “The Ides of March” Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
• “Moneyball” Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervin
• “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• “The Artist” Written by Michel Hazanavicius
• “Bridesmaids” Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
• “Margin Call” Written by J.C. Chandor
• “Midnight in Paris” Written by Woody Allen
• “A Separation” Written by Asghar Farhadi

 

[MyNameIs]

Some real surprises here.

Picture
EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE?!?!?! I've not seen it, but it's gotten pretty terrible reviews and hasn't exactly set the box office on fire (though not doing too bad either). Save that BFCA nomination, it got absolutely zero traction anywhere and then BAM. I guess it's good for Scott Rudin, because I bet his other picture, Dragon Tattoo, was the victim of the category shrinkage. Had we had ten nominees, Dragon Tattoo probably would've gotten in. War Horse survived the apparent lack of interest leading up to the nominations. The only other surprise, and the best surprise at that, was THE TREE OF LIFE. What a glorious comeback by that film. I knew it was too good to be ignored. And it was and it wasn't. The others were all expected choices. Interesting that despite the rule change, the total number of nominees was still closer to ten than five.

Director
Malick is the only semi-surprise and even he's not that much of a one.

Actor
Poor Michael Fassbender. Seems the Academy members did get scared of the movie/rating/graphic nature. I've not seen it yet, but that must be a tough one to swallow for him and the supporters. The worst part is that it's probably going to lead to tons of articles/write ups about the 'unfair' reaction to nudity on film. :eyeroll: Yay for Gary Oldman!!! Not seen Bichir's film, but at least Leo didn't get nominated.

Actress
Poor, poor, oh poor Tilda Swinton. To have the kind of run she had leading up to the these and then be snubbed in favor of Rooney Mara, that's terrible. I wish it'd had at least been Elizabeth Olsen who got that spot. Can't hate on Glenn Close, despite not caring for her performance. Yay.

S.Actor
No Albert Brooks?!? Seems shocking, but at the same time, not really. The writing was on the wall, he missed SAG and BAFTA. Still, he had such a good precursors run, and playing against type, etc. I'm not losing sleep over this one because I didn't understand the hype to begin with. YAY for Nick Nolte. Able to pull it off afterall. Max Von Sydow makes a roaring comeback too. After having been a pre-season favorite, he nearly disappeared for the last month, but he makes it.

S.Actress
The most 'predictable' acting category. McCarthy is a bit of a surprise, if only because people just weren't sure how AMPAs would react to her performance, but other than that... Woodley missing is too somewhat a surprise, but then, she did miss a lot of other awards and there were at least six strong contenders here and with McCarthy getting in, Woodley's the most logical one to miss out.

 

[Starry]

Some real surprises here.


Actor
Poor Michael Fassbender. Seems the Academy members did get scared of the movie/rating/graphic nature. I've not seen it yet, but that must be a tough one to swallow for him and the supporters. The worst part is that it's probably going to lead to tons of articles/write ups about the 'unfair' reaction to nudity on film.

Speaking of nudity, doesn't Rooney Mara have lots of nude scenes in Dragon Tattoo? Sometimes, I just don't understand the criteria of the academy...

 

[YoninahAliza]

^Yes, but she's a women so it's okay for her to get nude and be nominated.

I'm really pleased with pretty much all the nominations. Except I have to wonder... why didn't Abi Morgan get any noms for her screenplays, The Iron Lady or Shame? She's been talked about quite a bit I think.

 

[dajrekshn]

to say i'm pissed about Fassbender's and Tilda's snub would be an understatement. i can't express it enough....

Shame, Drive, Begginers and WNTTAK all snubbed...Academy, shame on you!

 

[dennab216]

Romney Mara instead of Tilda, Charlize or Olsen. No Michael, Gosling, no Shame and No Drive. Okay.. At least The Tree of Life got some nomination and I hope Terrence will win Best actor is definitely going to Dujardin (can't believe he was nominated instead of Gosling or Fass. I will always see him as a D list actor who lack spirit in his attempt at humour)
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[MyNameIs]

^Better Dujardin win then Clooney again.

 

[saann]

Bummed 50/50 didn't even get a screenplay nod.

And I can't even roll my eyes harder at McCarthy and Hill being nominated. I know they want to celebrate comedy and all, but McCarthy was basically a female version of that fat shady brother from hangover. I felt that it was deserved when they rewarded Marisa Tomei for a comedic performance in 'My Cousin Vinny', but here it's like they're trying to award the film's success by nominating McCarthy. Ridiculous and it was done at the expense of many other great performances.

Can't believe Pitt/Clooney are locks. They're great movie stars for sure but not very great actors.

Happy for Midnight in Paris!

For best actress, I would have left out Mara and Close and chosen Swinton and Theron/Olsen.

I have to say though that the absolute most ridiculous thing here is having only 2 nominations for best song.. like really? just scrap the category all together

AND! No editing nod for Martha Marcy May Marlene? Can't believe that film was snubbed all together

EDIT: the exclusion of Melancholia is ridiculous. Not even a cinematography or a sound nod?

 

[sobriquet87]

I'm so happy for Rooney. She deserves it. She's brilliant in GWTDT. I'm also Really happy for Gary Oldman!!! I'm 100% shocked about Melissa though, but I'm happy for her.
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[Scott]

to shut out tilda over rooney mara in that overrated,overhyped dragon tattoo dross....one of the worst injustices in oscar history,imo. same as last year....she was wrongly ignored by the academy for 'i am love'....i'm beginning to wonder if they have something against her?

 

[loladonna]

I don't get the whole Rooney "stole" Tilda's place. There were so many strong performances this year from the actresses that the job of narrowing down was already tough. If you look at that category the nominations seem to favor actress who had to truly transform for their parts. Rooney's performance was bold and completely transformative so it seems unfair to single her out of a lineup. Rooney is every bit as deserving of a nod as anyone else in her category.

 

[MyNameIs]

I don't get the whole Rooney "stole" Tilda's place. There were so many strong performances this year from the actresses that the job of narrowing down was already tough. If you look at that category the nominations seem to favor actress who had to truly transform for their parts. Rooney's performance was bold and completely transformative so it seems unfair to single her out of a lineup. Rooney is every bit as deserving of a nod as anyone else in her category.

Tilda has been in the top five most of the race and even yesterday, people were largely expecting her to make the ballot. Her not getting nominated is a surprise/snub because in everyone's eyes, she was in good shape. Rooney's nomination, on the other hand, is a surprise. Aside from the Globe nod, she was MIA at all other awards. Thus, when you have one who wasn't expected to make it and one who was expected to make it but misses, you have people who naturally assume the surprise nomination came at the expense of the surprise snub. Even if in reality Rooney got second most amount of votes and it was say Meryl Streep who came in fifth and stealing the spot from Tilda who came in sixth. (That's just a hypothetical, we'll never know that.)

Plus, Tilda was flawless in We Need to Talk About Kevin, so her snub stings.

 

[chickadee]

This is me speaking personally for myself. I don't know about anyone else, but I didn't feel that Mara's performance was nowhere near good enough for a Golden Globe, let alone an Oscar. She may have gotten a few piercings, shaved her hair and her eyebrows, but her accent was atrocious, and some of the things that came out of her mouth just didn't sound believable. For instance, the "May I kill him?" line rang false to me, IMO, but I know other people who loved it. I haven't seen Tilda's performance, but she has been getting rave reviews, so it's just a surprise to me that they would nominate Mara.

I had kind of hoped for wider score nominations though. Dario Marianelli's score for Jane Eyre was in a word sublime. Alexandre Desplat's score for Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part II is so beautiful and haunting. I don't know why I should be annoyed. I've come to expect this from the Oscars.

On a happier note, for Gary Oldman (please, please win over the smug-faced Clooney) and The Tree of Life! I'm so glad that film has got some recognition; I was worried there for a little while. Crossing my fingers for Cinematography at the very least and a sweep at the most!

 

[dajrekshn]

IMO, the only person who can mess Clooney plans at this point is J.Dujardin.
Michelle is a lock IMO, only Meryl has some chance. Artist will win the most of it, i think.

 

[fantastical]

I absolutely loved Rooney in TGWTDT but to think that she got a nomination over Tilda or Charlize is madness

the movie itself was good and entertaining, but I didn't think her performance was Oscar-worthy whatsoever

It's a shame about Fassbender and Gosling not getting any noms. Gosling is probably used to this by now, but it's a sad thing he gets beat out every year

 

[Label Basher]

I didn't think I could ever be happy and angry at the same time.

I am so OVER THE MOON that the Academy FINALLY woke up and nominated the AMAZING Gary Oldman. If he doesn't win I will be SO PO'd.

Sorry but who is this - Demián Bichir, "A Better Life". Is he better than Michael or Ryan. Cause he better be.

I've NEVER EVER been as SHOCKED and PO'd over Best Actress. Rooney Mara. I can't believe what I am reading. Over Tilda. TILDA who until announced was a lock. I excepted that Kirsten was still going to get snubbed and even though I love her I knew Charlize wouldn't get in BUT Rooney Mara for a popcorn movie. SO ANGRY RIGHT NOW. And believe me she is going to get major backlash over this.

Supporting noms I can deal with. Plummer will most likey get it. Even though I think she is a really good actress shouldn't Jessica Chastain, be nominated for Tree of Life over The Help?

Only 2 songs. WTH. That's weird. And no Tin Tin for animation is very interesting. Snub to Peter and Steven....ok.

How come there is only 9 Best Picture this year? Do they not know how to spell DRIVE.

I'm going to have a cup of tea and calm down now.

 

[Scott]

btw,the one shining light of hope for me is that wim wenders' PINA was nominated....although for documentary despite it technically not being a documentary. a biopic-style film more like it.

as for tilda,i'm not saying rooney "stole" anything but the fact that they are recognizing her over tilda when tilda has been on the ballots for most everything so far,it's definitely a major snub. it's a travesty,really. her role was one of the hardest-hitting and she delivered. we all knew going into this,it would be meryl,viola,michelle(although at the globes she was nominated for supporting actress)and likely tilda over anybody else. it feels really suspicious to me. it wouldn't be the first time the academy let personal feelings sway their decision like with lars von trier. and the way tilda was very casual...perhaps unaffected by her win in 2008,giving her trophy to her agent instead,maybe they felt a little bit insulted.

but i do agree,2011 was a strong year for the women so yeah the competition was tough. however being completely shut out is another story.

disappointed that none of the films that made waves last year weren't even acknowledged....say such as the glorious adaptation of 'wuthering heights' and elizabeth olsen's film.